A 72-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Sudden-Onset

question 79

Multiple Choice

A 72-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to sudden-onset, severe abdominal pain accompanied by nausea.  He has a history of coronary artery disease and recently underwent cardiac angiography.  The patient is a current smoker with a 30-pack-year history.  After initial evaluation, he undergoes emergency laparotomy.  A segment of small intestine is resected.  On microscopic examination, there are several large-caliber vessels with needle-shaped cholesterol clefts in their lumens, as shown in the image below. Given these findings, the patient is at highest risk for which of the following complications?

• A)Kidney injury
• B)Myelosuppression
• C)Nephrolithiasis
• D)Pulmonary infarction
• E)Septic arthritis

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